VDB
CVE-2008-4190
CVE-2008-4190
PUBLISHED
CVSS 4.400000095367432 MEDIUM
The IPSEC livetest tool in Openswan 2.4.12 and earlier, and 2.6.x through 2.6.16, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack on the (1) ipseclive.conn and (2) ipsec.olts.remote.log temporary files. NOTE: in many distributions and the upstream version, this tool has been disabled.
EPSS 0.17% · 38.5th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 2.0
4.400000095367432
EPSS Score
0.17%
38.5th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
| openswan | openswan | 2.1.6, 2.2, 2.3 |
| xelerance | openswan | 2.6.16, 2.6.13, 2.6.08 |
Timeline
- Sep 24, 2008 CVE Published
- Jul 12, 2009 PoC Published
- Jul 13, 2009 PoC Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 9, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- 34472 third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460425 url
- [oss-security] 20081030 CVE requests: tempfile issues for aview, mgetty, openoffice, crossfire mailing-list
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 url
- 20090309 Re: [ GLSA 200903-18 ] Openswan: Insecure temporary file creation mailing-list
- 34182 third-party-advisory
- 20090310 Re: [ GLSA 200903-18 ] Openswan: Insecure temporary file creation mailing-list
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10078 vdb
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/openswan url
- 31243 vdb
- 9135 exploit
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496374 url
- RHSA-2009:0402 vendor-advisory
- openswan-livetest-symlink(45250) vdb
- DSA-1760 vendor-advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4190 advisory